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there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you. there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I pur whiskey on him and inhale cigarette smoke and the ****** and the bartenders and the grocery clerks never know that he's in there. there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay down, do you want to mess me up? you want to ***** up the works? you want to blow my book sales in Europe? there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too clever, I only let him out at night sometimes when everybody's asleep. I say, I know that you're there, so don't be sad. then I put him back, but he's singing a little in there, I haven't quite let him die and we sleep together like that with our secret pact and it's nice enough to make a man weep, but I don't weep, do you?
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Bluebird
In the cold grey light of the sixth of June, in the year of forty-four, The Empire Larch sailed out from Poole to join with thousands more. The largest fleet the world had seen, we sailed in close array, And we set our course for Normandy at the dawning of the day. There was not one man in all our crew but knew what lay in store, For we had waited for that day through five long years of war. We knew that many would not return, yet all our hearts were true, For we were bound for Normandy, where we had a job to do. Now the Empire Larch was a deep-sea tug with a crew of thirty-three, And I was just the galley-boy on my first trip to sea. I little thought when I left home of the dreadful sights I'd see, But I came to manhood on the day that I first saw Normandy. At the Beach of Gold off Arromanches, 'neath the rockets' deadly glare, We towed our blockships into place and we built a harbour there. 'Mid shot and shell we built it well, as history does agree, While brave men died in the swirling tide on the shores of Normandy. Like the Rodney and the Nelson, there were ships of great renown, But rescue tugs all did their share as many a ship went down. We ran our pontoons to the shore within the Mulberry's lee, And we made safe berth for the tanks and guns that would set all Europe free. For every hero's name that's known, a thousand died as well. On stakes and wire their bodies hung, rocked in the ocean swell; And many a mother wept that day for the sons they loved so well, Men who cracked a joke and cadged a smoke as they stormed the gates of hell. As the years pass by, I can still recall the men I saw that day Who died upon that blood-soaked sand where now sweet children play; And those of you who were unborn, who've lived in liberty, Remember those who made it so on the shores of Normandy. ________________________________________
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Jun 6, 2014
Jun 6, 2014 at 3:07 PM UTC
Shores of Normandy by Jim Radford
In the cold grey light of the sixth of June, in the year of forty-four, The Empire Larch sailed out from Poole to join with thousands more. The largest fleet the world had seen, we sailed in close array, And we set our course for Normandy at the dawning of the day. There was not one man in all our crew but knew what lay in store, For we had waited for that day through five long years of war. We knew that many would not return, yet all our hearts were true, For we were bound for Normandy, where we had a job to do. Now the Empire Larch was a deep-sea tug with a crew of thirty-three, And I was just the galley-boy on my first trip to sea. I little thought when I left home of the dreadful sights I'd see, But I came to manhood on the day that I first saw Normandy. At the Beach of Gold off Arromanches, 'neath the rockets' deadly glare, We towed our blockships into place and we built a harbour there. 'Mid shot and shell we built it well, as history does agree, While brave men died in the swirling tide on the shores of Normandy. Like the Rodney and the Nelson, there were ships of great renown, But rescue tugs all did their share as many a ship went down. We ran our pontoons to the shore within the Mulberry's lee, And we made safe berth for the tanks and guns that would set all Europe free. For every hero's name that's known, a thousand died as well. On stakes and wire their bodies hung, rocked in the ocean swell; And many a mother wept that day for the sons they loved so well, Men who cracked a joke and cadged a smoke as they stormed the gates of hell. As the years pass by, I can still recall the men I saw that day Who died upon that blood-soaked sand where now sweet children play; And those of you who were unborn, who've lived in liberty, Remember those who made it so on the shores of Normandy. ________________________________________
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In the dark Listening to linkin park In the steam browsing dank memes -break- rickity rickity bickity bickity i am from hungary follow me on the twitti @spahgetti
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May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015 at 8:48 PM UTC
Western Europe
White folks: pack your bags and go. Our nut-brown world is quite offended. Make your shame-faced exit NOW, And leave your mansions unattended. Wait—before you pass the doors, It's time to settle ethnic scores. No more ragtime Minstrel Show. Our Moorish Science took it down. Black lives matter. White, less so— Now move your pale face out of town . . . But first, shell out for racial shame Caucasian losers of the game. Cultural pride is ours alone: Kings and Egyptian queens we were. The glories of our race, well-known Bedazzle in a darkened blur (Clear to Africa's descendants— Puzzling to you white dependents). Blackness lent your world its light, Taught the Dutch to tend those flowers. Scandinavia grew bright Under our beneficent powers. Negroes gave your blondes their beauty; Helped those Norsemen shake their ***** The Seven Wonders of the world: We built them all. No vain conjecture Dims our banner, black, unfurled, Above eternal architecture. Arts and knowledge gained from us Are what we threaten to discuss. We invented math and science Which you robbed from Timbuktu. Swarthy wisdom's brave defiance Caused Old Europe to renew. All our treasure that you plundered Testifies: your days are numbered. Classics of our Greeks you stole: Philosophy was never yours. Shame upon your racist soul; For Bach and Mozart both were Moors. Misappropriated treasures call for ruthless hard-line measures. Latino fate falls next—but, where ? Jews, Turks, and Arabs: are you. . . white ? Orientals everywhere: Choose your side and join the fight. Blackness rising! Late the hour; Heed your call to fight the power. Crackers need to check your race— Stop rooting for that ****** clown. Rednecks all up in our face; Racist throwbacks got us down. But as your statues bite the dust Your light goes dark (you know it must). So move on out, oppressor, thief. Long have you held our nation back. In some white galaxy seek relief— But here the light itself is black. Stars are racist. So is the sun. Now let God's great black will be done.
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Sep 23, 2017
Sep 23, 2017 at 12:03 PM UTC
Betting on the Races
White folks: pack your bags and go. Our nut-brown world is quite offended. Make your shame-faced exit NOW, And leave your mansions unattended. Wait—before you pass the doors, It's time to settle ethnic scores. No more ragtime Minstrel Show. Our Moorish Science took it down. Black lives matter. White, less so— Now move your pale face out of town . . . But first, shell out for racial shame Caucasian losers of the game. Cultural pride is ours alone: Kings and Egyptian queens we were. The glories of our race, well-known Bedazzle in a darkened blur (Clear to Africa's descendants— Puzzling to you white dependents). Blackness lent your world its light, Taught the Dutch to tend those flowers. Scandinavia grew bright Under our beneficent powers. Negroes gave your blondes their beauty; Helped those Norsemen shake their ***** The Seven Wonders of the world: We built them all. No vain conjecture Dims our banner, black, unfurled, Above eternal architecture. Arts and knowledge gained from us Are what we threaten to discuss. We invented math and science Which you robbed from Timbuktu. Swarthy wisdom's brave defiance Caused Old Europe to renew. All our treasure that you plundered Testifies: your days are numbered. Classics of our Greeks you stole: Philosophy was never yours. Shame upon your racist soul; For Bach and Mozart both were Moors. Misappropriated treasures call for ruthless hard-line measures. Latino fate falls next—but, where ? Jews, Turks, and Arabs: are you. . . white ? Orientals everywhere: Choose your side and join the fight. Blackness rising! Late the hour; Heed your call to fight the power. Crackers need to check your race— Stop rooting for that ****** clown. Rednecks all up in our face; Racist throwbacks got us down. But as your statues bite the dust Your light goes dark (you know it must). So move on out, oppressor, thief. Long have you held our nation back. In some white galaxy seek relief— But here the light itself is black. Stars are racist. So is the sun. Now let God's great black will be done.
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Those happy Morris dancers make for a happy sight They wear bright scarlet ribbons and their shirts and trousers white, They clash their sticks whilst dancing and you hear the timbers ring Though 'twould seem that Morris dancing is not a female thing. I've never seen a female Morris dancer I stand corrected if I'm wrong It has it's roots in England and to England it belong And I hope that Morris dancing will not go the way of rhyme That in a changing World it won't lose out to time. They brought their culture with them from England far away A culture perhaps fading like many of the old cultures are today With the old dances of Europe I see a link somewhere And sad to hear that Morris dancers are now becoming rare. At the Dandenong Ranges festival east of Melbourne they perform every year And after in the ***** tent they laugh as they drink their beer, They brought a thing of beauty when they brought their dancing here And to those marvellous Morris dancers let us raise our glass of cheer. Morris dancing vary from English Village to Village or so I have been told Though the times they are a changing and fading are the ways of old But those marvellous Morris dancers may they dance forever more In the sunshine of Australia far from England's rainy shore.
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Aug 10, 2010
Aug 10, 2010 at 6:17 PM UTC
Those Marvellous Morris Dancers
It was early nineteen thirty four The world was set to change Europe was on fire It was time to rearrange Poland was the first stop The German Army on the move So we left for America I hope you did approve You came with me to Jersey On a trip across the sea You've guarded all my secrets Known by only you and me You used to spin quite gaily Now you just stand there en pointe You're my clipped wing little angel That's the name I shall anoint Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet I sit here and remember All the treasures you once hid You've still some trinkets in there Some from when I was a kid Your tu tu is all tattered The silk lining frayed and torn But, you've held together nicely But, I guess we're both quite worn Your lipstick isn't red now I hear your music in my head It hasn't played for 50 years I just remember it instead The music gave up playing You were slightly over wound But, you still twirled and kept dancing Even though there was no sound Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet I've told you more than anyone Than I have ever known We've been together now forever You're the most precious thing I own You've been with me for two husbands And you've seen my kids pass on There's just me and you,  my dancing girl All the rest of them are gone Your paint is chipped and cracked Your pony tail is broken too If I still can recollect now In the fall of fifty two Your spring is rusted tightly You need a hand to stand up right But, then again, I do as well And most days it's quite the fight Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet Charms and little trinkets Plastic jewellery, real as well Secrets of a child Secrets you would never tell I am now moving to December Of my calendar of years Soon my life will end and There's no one left to shed  me tears I sit here and I wonder What shall become of you My Thumbelina Ballerina In your dancing dress of blue You started as a music box You are not used as that no more But, Thumbelina Ballerina Will you dance for me once more? Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet
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Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014 at 11:47 PM UTC
Thumbelina Ballerina
It was early nineteen thirty four The world was set to change Europe was on fire It was time to rearrange Poland was the first stop The German Army on the move So we left for America I hope you did approve You came with me to Jersey On a trip across the sea You've guarded all my secrets Known by only you and me You used to spin quite gaily Now you just stand there en pointe You're my clipped wing little angel That's the name I shall anoint Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet I sit here and remember All the treasures you once hid You've still some trinkets in there Some from when I was a kid Your tu tu is all tattered The silk lining frayed and torn But, you've held together nicely But, I guess we're both quite worn Your lipstick isn't red now I hear your music in my head It hasn't played for 50 years I just remember it instead The music gave up playing You were slightly over wound But, you still twirled and kept dancing Even though there was no sound Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet I've told you more than anyone Than I have ever known We've been together now forever You're the most precious thing I own You've been with me for two husbands And you've seen my kids pass on There's just me and you,  my dancing girl All the rest of them are gone Your paint is chipped and cracked Your pony tail is broken too If I still can recollect now In the fall of fifty two Your spring is rusted tightly You need a hand to stand up right But, then again, I do as well And most days it's quite the fight Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet Charms and little trinkets Plastic jewellery, real as well Secrets of a child Secrets you would never tell I am now moving to December Of my calendar of years Soon my life will end and There's no one left to shed  me tears I sit here and I wonder What shall become of you My Thumbelina Ballerina In your dancing dress of blue You started as a music box You are not used as that no more But, Thumbelina Ballerina Will you dance for me once more? Thumbelina, Ballerina Dance your dance for me We've been together eighty years You are who I want to be Thumbelina, Ballerina Just one more pirouette We've been together all this time Our dancing's not done yet
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"A spectre is haunting Europe" - Communist Manifesto Ang multong gumagala noon sa Europa ay hindi parin natatahimik. Hanggang ngayon ay patuloy itong gumagala at nanggagambala. Hindi n’ya pinatatahimik ang mga burgis at elitista. Kaya’t patuloy na nagsasabwatan ang ibat-ibang kapangyarihan sa lipunan upang labanan ang multong ito at hadlangan ang kanyang paggala. Ang mga lider ng relihiyon, ang mga kapitalista, ang mga namumuno sa gobyerno na panay oportunista, ang pasistang militar, ang pulisya pati na ang midya lahat sila ay nagsasamasama upang kalabanin ang multong gumagala. Nasaan na ang tunay na partido ng mga manggagawa na kinakatawan ng multong gumagala? Nasaan na ang mga rebolusyunaryo at mga aktibista na kakalaban sa bulok na Sistema? Bakit hanggang ngayon ay namamayani parin ang naghaharing mapagsamantalang uri? Kinain na ba kayo ng maling sistema at ngayo’y naaagnas na rin? Nang bumagsak ang Rusya at lumihis ang Tsina ay nagdiwang ang mga imperyalista. Akala nila ito na ang wakas nang paggala ng multo, subalit nabigo sila at nagmukhang mga asong hangal na kumakahol sa sariling suka. Pagkat nagpatuloy ang multo sa kanyang paggala at ibayong lagim ang kanyang dala-dala. Subalit bakit tanong nila? Simple lang ang dahilan: Hanggat laganap ang kahirapan at hindi pagkakapantay-pantay hindi sila patatahimikin ng multong gumagala. Patuloy nitong uusigin ang budhi ng mga ganid at sakim sa kayamanan. Hanggat ang biyaya ng lupa ay hindi nakakamtan ng lahat ng tao ay patuloy itong magmumulto. Hanggat ang mga manggagawa ay hindi gumiginhawa hindi mananawa ang multo na magpaalala sa kanila na patuloy nilang igiit at ipaglaban ang kanilang mga karapatan na s’yang nararapat. Patuloy na gumagala ang multo ng Komunismo na nagmula pa sa Europa kailanman hindi nito patatahimikin ang mga sakim sa yaman at sukaban sa kapangyarihan.
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Nov 8, 2017
Nov 8, 2017 at 12:36 AM UTC
Ang Multong Gumagala
"A spectre is haunting Europe" - Communist Manifesto Ang multong gumagala noon sa Europa ay hindi parin natatahimik. Hanggang ngayon ay patuloy itong gumagala at nanggagambala. Hindi n’ya pinatatahimik ang mga burgis at elitista. Kaya’t patuloy na nagsasabwatan ang ibat-ibang kapangyarihan sa lipunan upang labanan ang multong ito at hadlangan ang kanyang paggala. Ang mga lider ng relihiyon, ang mga kapitalista, ang mga namumuno sa gobyerno na panay oportunista, ang pasistang militar, ang pulisya pati na ang midya lahat sila ay nagsasamasama upang kalabanin ang multong gumagala. Nasaan na ang tunay na partido ng mga manggagawa na kinakatawan ng multong gumagala? Nasaan na ang mga rebolusyunaryo at mga aktibista na kakalaban sa bulok na Sistema? Bakit hanggang ngayon ay namamayani parin ang naghaharing mapagsamantalang uri? Kinain na ba kayo ng maling sistema at ngayo’y naaagnas na rin? Nang bumagsak ang Rusya at lumihis ang Tsina ay nagdiwang ang mga imperyalista. Akala nila ito na ang wakas nang paggala ng multo, subalit nabigo sila at nagmukhang mga asong hangal na kumakahol sa sariling suka. Pagkat nagpatuloy ang multo sa kanyang paggala at ibayong lagim ang kanyang dala-dala. Subalit bakit tanong nila? Simple lang ang dahilan: Hanggat laganap ang kahirapan at hindi pagkakapantay-pantay hindi sila patatahimikin ng multong gumagala. Patuloy nitong uusigin ang budhi ng mga ganid at sakim sa kayamanan. Hanggat ang biyaya ng lupa ay hindi nakakamtan ng lahat ng tao ay patuloy itong magmumulto. Hanggat ang mga manggagawa ay hindi gumiginhawa hindi mananawa ang multo na magpaalala sa kanila na patuloy nilang igiit at ipaglaban ang kanilang mga karapatan na s’yang nararapat. Patuloy na gumagala ang multo ng Komunismo na nagmula pa sa Europa kailanman hindi nito patatahimikin ang mga sakim sa yaman at sukaban sa kapangyarihan.
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His Grandparents were Romany people from his maternal side In Countries of Eastern Europe they travelled far and wide But the most basic human right their right to life of them even denied In Belzec Concentration camp where a million people died. I never knew my maternal Grandparents with sadness he recall Due to circumstance of birth and their way of life misfortune them did befall My gift of music such a marvellous gift to them I feel I owe In Belzec Concentration Camp they were murdered decades ago. A tall and handsome man in his early thirties with wavy raven hair With the marvellous gift of music a great accordion player In silence we sat and drank our beer as we listened to him play The beautiful old gipsy tunes from Countries far away. That all things do come to an end in some cases a lie In Belzec Concentration camp the gipsy music did not die But that the gift of music does live on should not come as a surprise Something that those who commit crimes against humanity seem to fail to realize. He played at the pub on passing through him I never more may see But the beauty of his music will live in my memory His maternal Grandparents who died at Belzec their lives were not in vain Their music in their Grandchild has come to life again.
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Aug 10, 2010
Aug 10, 2010 at 6:09 PM UTC
In Belzec Concentration Camp
It's like the movie part of me* It tells me where I should go and want to be **Please note that I will say Not a dark place inside my suitcase** "Robin Red Breasted" suit Peck and nip and tuck in place The rainbow iridescent Suiting her taste wet rain tents Everyone was Green with envy **Robin/ Rainbow event lets hear it for our Army so many troops** He was sitting politely Like a salesman of suitcases on her stoop She was mesmerized Living out of a tour suitcase She wanted daisies she was ready for fantasies Of him in her suitcase Tumbling through Another time Postman Singing birds to ring twice Birds all in groups Computer laptops she wanted to be surprised so mysterious But ready for love ingenious He laughed not losing sight Robin eats like a bird so hilarious She packed her sunshine yellow ribbons she was ready to feed Those Brooklyn pigeons Packed suitcase ready for the love of God Going frenzy from her fruit loops Robin Birdie born traveler scoop Well nested flying South fully invested Rocking her flight cradle Wherever I go or whatever I do Traveling packs meet Mr. Ramen noodles Getting silly splashing puddles The Spiritual Zen traveling boots over a shower He kissed them high up (Eiffel Tower) Rome Italy wines in love cahoots The call I'm ready "Amazon" wild Let us go, child, another story But the wildcard fresh air Oh! Dear The  lightness easy does it feathering wings the clues fit Packing my suitcase Love is a drug of "Europe" Perfectly fine wine Always hope with cantaloupe
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Aug 6, 2018
Aug 6, 2018 at 9:41 AM UTC
Robin's Suitcase Ready
It's like the movie part of me* It tells me where I should go and want to be **Please note that I will say Not a dark place inside my suitcase** "Robin Red Breasted" suit Peck and nip and tuck in place The rainbow iridescent Suiting her taste wet rain tents Everyone was Green with envy **Robin/ Rainbow event lets hear it for our Army so many troops** He was sitting politely Like a salesman of suitcases on her stoop She was mesmerized Living out of a tour suitcase She wanted daisies she was ready for fantasies Of him in her suitcase Tumbling through Another time Postman Singing birds to ring twice Birds all in groups Computer laptops she wanted to be surprised so mysterious But ready for love ingenious He laughed not losing sight Robin eats like a bird so hilarious She packed her sunshine yellow ribbons she was ready to feed Those Brooklyn pigeons Packed suitcase ready for the love of God Going frenzy from her fruit loops Robin Birdie born traveler scoop Well nested flying South fully invested Rocking her flight cradle Wherever I go or whatever I do Traveling packs meet Mr. Ramen noodles Getting silly splashing puddles The Spiritual Zen traveling boots over a shower He kissed them high up (Eiffel Tower) Rome Italy wines in love cahoots The call I'm ready "Amazon" wild Let us go, child, another story But the wildcard fresh air Oh! Dear The  lightness easy does it feathering wings the clues fit Packing my suitcase Love is a drug of "Europe" Perfectly fine wine Always hope with cantaloupe
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imagine an underground network of rapists preying on tourist & local girls; having an agreement w/ the pimps & cops [same]; the tourist guides leading the ladies of all types, mostly young, stupid & white - blonde is better; local girls hitting puberty, getting dragged into the den at twelve get a choice, if they live; the dens filled w/ liquor & drugs; partying a little or just jumping her, dragging her to the open floor; she wakes up naked, thankfully not dead, her purse nearby; she goes to meet her new Desi bf at the bazaar where he introduces her to his friends; that night the same thing happens; it happens for a week then a month, then she helps the gang get other girls into it; it goes on all summer, & on into another summer, the winter filled w/ hot springs & expensive dates on the paved side of the street; Bollywood stars in American cars paying her **** who pays her coyote who pays the cop to get her to Europe on a tourist visa to work an exclusive Parisian Brothel
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Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 at 6:32 AM UTC
the good rapists [a prostitute's tale]
Somebody is shooting at something in our town -- A dull pom, pom in the Sunday street. Jealousy can open the blood, It can make black roses. Who are the shooting at? It is you the knives are out for At Waterloo, Waterloo, Napoleon, The **** of Elba on your short back, And the snow, marshaling its brilliant cutlery Mass after mass, saying Shh! Shh! These are chess people you play with, Still figures of ivory. The mud squirms with throats, Stepping stones for French bootsoles. The gilt and pink domes of Russia melt and float off In the furnace of greed. Clouds, clouds. So the swarm ***** and deserts Seventy feet up, in a black pine tree. It must be shot down. Pom! Pom! So dumb it thinks bullets are thunder. It thinks they are the voice of God Condoning the beak, the claw, the grin of the dog Yellow-haunched, a pack-dog, Grinning over its bone of ivory Like the pack, the pack, like everybody. The bees have got so far. Seventy feet high! Russia, Poland and Germany! The mild hills, the same old magenta Fields shrunk to a penny Spun into a river, the river crossed. The bees argue, in their black ball, A flying hedgehog, all prickles. The man with gray hands stands under the honeycomb Of their dream, the hived station Where trains, faithful to their steel arcs, Leave and arrive, and there is no end to the country. Pom! Pom! They fall Dismembered, to a tod of ivy. So much for the charioteers, the outriders, the Grand Army! A red tatter, Napoleon! The last badge of victory. The swarm is knocked into a cocked straw hat. Elba, Elba, bleb on the sea! The white busts of marshals, admirals, generals Worming themselves into niches. How instructive this is! The dumb, banded bodies Walking the plank draped with Mother France's upholstery Into a new mausoleum, An ivory palace, a crotch pine. The man with gray hands smiles -- The smile of a man of business, intensely practical. They are not hands at all But asbestos receptacles. Pom! Pom! 'They would have killed me.' Stings big as drawing pins! It seems bees have a notion of honor, A black intractable mind. Napoleon is pleased, he is pleased with everything. O Europe! O ton of honey!
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The Swarm
Somebody is shooting at something in our town -- A dull pom, pom in the Sunday street. Jealousy can open the blood, It can make black roses. Who are the shooting at? It is you the knives are out for At Waterloo, Waterloo, Napoleon, The **** of Elba on your short back, And the snow, marshaling its brilliant cutlery Mass after mass, saying Shh! Shh! These are chess people you play with, Still figures of ivory. The mud squirms with throats, Stepping stones for French bootsoles. The gilt and pink domes of Russia melt and float off In the furnace of greed. Clouds, clouds. So the swarm ***** and deserts Seventy feet up, in a black pine tree. It must be shot down. Pom! Pom! So dumb it thinks bullets are thunder. It thinks they are the voice of God Condoning the beak, the claw, the grin of the dog Yellow-haunched, a pack-dog, Grinning over its bone of ivory Like the pack, the pack, like everybody. The bees have got so far. Seventy feet high! Russia, Poland and Germany! The mild hills, the same old magenta Fields shrunk to a penny Spun into a river, the river crossed. The bees argue, in their black ball, A flying hedgehog, all prickles. The man with gray hands stands under the honeycomb Of their dream, the hived station Where trains, faithful to their steel arcs, Leave and arrive, and there is no end to the country. Pom! Pom! They fall Dismembered, to a tod of ivy. So much for the charioteers, the outriders, the Grand Army! A red tatter, Napoleon! The last badge of victory. The swarm is knocked into a cocked straw hat. Elba, Elba, bleb on the sea! The white busts of marshals, admirals, generals Worming themselves into niches. How instructive this is! The dumb, banded bodies Walking the plank draped with Mother France's upholstery Into a new mausoleum, An ivory palace, a crotch pine. The man with gray hands smiles -- The smile of a man of business, intensely practical. They are not hands at all But asbestos receptacles. Pom! Pom! 'They would have killed me.' Stings big as drawing pins! It seems bees have a notion of honor, A black intractable mind. Napoleon is pleased, he is pleased with everything. O Europe! O ton of honey!
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the poem her belly marched through me as one army. From her nostrils to her feet she smelled of silence. The inspired cleat of her glad leg pulled into a sole mass my separate lusts her hair was like a gas evil to feel. Unwieldy…. the bloodbeat in her fierce laziness tried to repeat a trick of syncopation Europe has —. One day i felt a mountain touch me where I stood (maybe nine miles off). It was spring sun-stirring. sweetly to the mangling air muchness of buds mattered. a valley spilled its tickling river in my eyes, the killed world wriggled like a twitched string.
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The Poem Her Belly Marched Through Me As
The desire to travel starts at birth Such a powerful and common dream To explore the earth From opening forbidden cupboards as a toddler To learning a new drinking game in a hostel in Europe. Travel is a necessity to life, Living properly Almost as important as breathing And should be as exercised just as much.
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Aug 4, 2015
Aug 4, 2015 at 6:39 PM UTC
Desire to travel
Say this city has ten million souls, Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes: Yet there's no place for us, my dear, yet there's no place for us. Once we had a country and we thought it fair, Look in the atlas and you'll find it there: We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now. In the village churchyard there grows an old yew, Every spring it blossoms anew: Old passports can't do that, my dear, old passports can't do that. The consul banged the table and said, "If you've got no passport you're officially dead": But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive. Went to a committee; they offered me a chair; Asked me politely to return next year: But where shall we go to-day, my dear, but where shall we go to-day? Came to a public meeting; the speaker got up and said; "If we let them in, they will steal our daily bread": He was talking of you and me, my dear, he was talking of you and me. Thought I heard the thunder rumbling in the sky; It was ****** over Europe, saying, "They must die": O we were in his mind, my dear, O we were in his mind. Saw a poodle in a jacket fastened with a pin, Saw a door opened and a cat let in: But they weren't German Jews, my dear, but they weren't German Jews. Went down the harbour and stood upon the quay, Saw the fish swimming as if they were free: Only ten feet away, my dear, only ten feet away. Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees; They had no politicians and sang at their ease: They weren't the human race, my dear, they weren't the human race. Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand floors, A thousand windows and a thousand doors: Not one of them was ours, my dear, not one of them was ours. Stood on a great plain in the falling snow; Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro: Looking for you and me, my dear, looking for you and me.
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Refugee Blues
Say this city has ten million souls, Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes: Yet there's no place for us, my dear, yet there's no place for us. Once we had a country and we thought it fair, Look in the atlas and you'll find it there: We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now. In the village churchyard there grows an old yew, Every spring it blossoms anew: Old passports can't do that, my dear, old passports can't do that. The consul banged the table and said, "If you've got no passport you're officially dead": But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive. Went to a committee; they offered me a chair; Asked me politely to return next year: But where shall we go to-day, my dear, but where shall we go to-day? Came to a public meeting; the speaker got up and said; "If we let them in, they will steal our daily bread": He was talking of you and me, my dear, he was talking of you and me. Thought I heard the thunder rumbling in the sky; It was ****** over Europe, saying, "They must die": O we were in his mind, my dear, O we were in his mind. Saw a poodle in a jacket fastened with a pin, Saw a door opened and a cat let in: But they weren't German Jews, my dear, but they weren't German Jews. Went down the harbour and stood upon the quay, Saw the fish swimming as if they were free: Only ten feet away, my dear, only ten feet away. Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees; They had no politicians and sang at their ease: They weren't the human race, my dear, they weren't the human race. Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand floors, A thousand windows and a thousand doors: Not one of them was ours, my dear, not one of them was ours. Stood on a great plain in the falling snow; Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro: Looking for you and me, my dear, looking for you and me.
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The name Theodore has its Greek anthropologies, Jewish anthropologies and also Germany anthropologies. The Greek anthropological perspective of The name Theodore indeed has something to do with the gods.However, the Greek way of looking at life was a frustrated thinking.To them everything was a god. They had  a plethora of gods; utopia,cacotopia, Thespis, muse, clio, calypso, and Theodore was a half a god like Gabriel who impregnanted Mary on behalf of God as Joseph the cuckold carpenter patiently looked musing the ballad of a cuckold peasant . So Theodore and Gabriel were godsend.I  have not delved to know what it means among the Jews, But am aware of the the cultural and anthropological surroundings of the name Theodore in Germany . It is a name of a male person  signifying extra-masculine behavior. I also write poetry in Deutsch, so i know  substantial cultural values of the people of Germany.  Like in this case the modern  social  naming systems . I am aware of the anthropology of this Deutsch nomenclatural position.Why would link this name to Greeks but not Germany may due to  some silent social and emotional  disposition in Europe  that the  English speaking Europeans have a soft spot for  the Greek culture.While at the same time they become victims of high adrenaline level when exposed to anything Germany. they always get repulsed when the word Germany is mentioned.So one's  thesis on nomenclatural values of the name Theodore depends on which side of European  consciousness one is found; is it Germany friendly consciousness or Germany threatened consciousness? The dystopic component of the name Theodore is purely cacotopic with zero element of utopia , as extra-masculinity is a swine of  engendered civilization  all the times. Yours Alexander  k  Opicho NB/ i kindly  invite Theodore to come to  Kenya so that we do a joint research on the Swahili perspectives of the name Theodore, in Kiswahili the name Theodore  is subverted to bwana tadayo
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Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 10:57 AM UTC
poetic dystopia and the name theodore
The name Theodore has its Greek anthropologies, Jewish anthropologies and also Germany anthropologies. The Greek anthropological perspective of The name Theodore indeed has something to do with the gods.However, the Greek way of looking at life was a frustrated thinking.To them everything was a god. They had  a plethora of gods; utopia,cacotopia, Thespis, muse, clio, calypso, and Theodore was a half a god like Gabriel who impregnanted Mary on behalf of God as Joseph the cuckold carpenter patiently looked musing the ballad of a cuckold peasant . So Theodore and Gabriel were godsend.I  have not delved to know what it means among the Jews, But am aware of the the cultural and anthropological surroundings of the name Theodore in Germany . It is a name of a male person  signifying extra-masculine behavior. I also write poetry in Deutsch, so i know  substantial cultural values of the people of Germany.  Like in this case the modern  social  naming systems . I am aware of the anthropology of this Deutsch nomenclatural position.Why would link this name to Greeks but not Germany may due to  some silent social and emotional  disposition in Europe  that the  English speaking Europeans have a soft spot for  the Greek culture.While at the same time they become victims of high adrenaline level when exposed to anything Germany. they always get repulsed when the word Germany is mentioned.So one's  thesis on nomenclatural values of the name Theodore depends on which side of European  consciousness one is found; is it Germany friendly consciousness or Germany threatened consciousness? The dystopic component of the name Theodore is purely cacotopic with zero element of utopia , as extra-masculinity is a swine of  engendered civilization  all the times. Yours Alexander  k  Opicho NB/ i kindly  invite Theodore to come to  Kenya so that we do a joint research on the Swahili perspectives of the name Theodore, in Kiswahili the name Theodore  is subverted to bwana tadayo
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that over millenia major religions have advocated peace their adherents have been slaughtering each other          supposedly in the name of their assorted gods more than any other known species why is it that in my maturity (which people usually call old age ...) I‘m getting so ****** off with politicians who seem not to see the obvious solution to a problem but find elaborate fake excuses just so they can get re-elected why is it that for Europe it‘s so difficult to find a way for refugees to be accepted with respect and  dignity why is it that the USA apparently forgets it‘s been the country living off its (il)legal immigrants for centuries and now simply ignores the words they put onto their Statue of Liberty why is it?!??
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Jun 19, 2018
Jun 19, 2018 at 6:41 PM UTC
why is it?!
She's a powerful and strong princess, With magical super powers. She thinks of time's past, She thinks of times yet to come. She loves to travel through Europe, But her dreams are of Japan, And singing under Sakura trees in the springtime of Japan. I notice the way she thinks about Japan always with a smile, She likes to use words like 'Sakura flowers' and 'Yukata Kimono from Japan.' She likes to hang out with Monica, Dad and Grandma, But when left alone, Her mind turns straight to Sakura flowers in The springtime of Japan. She hates mosquitos and cold, But she just thinks back to springtime in Japan, And she's happy once again... © 2014 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
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Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 7:00 AM UTC
Springtime In Japan (Regional Japan)
By A Foreigner I like Americans. They are so unlike Canadians. They do not take their policemen seriously. They come to Montreal to drink. Not to criticize. They claim they won the war. But they know at heart that they didn't. They have such respect for Englishmen. They like to live abroad. They do not brag about how they take baths. But they take them. Their teeth are so good. And they wear B.V.D.'s all the year round. I wish they didn't brag about it. They have the second best navy in the world. But they never mention it. They would like to have Henry Ford for president. But they will not elect him. They saw through Bill Bryan. They have gotten tired of Billy Sunday. Their men have such funny hair cuts. They are hard to **** in on Europe. They have been there once. They produced Barney Google, Mutt and Jeff. And Jiggs. They do not hang lady murderers. They put them in vaudeville. They read the Saturday Evening Post And believe in Santa Claus. When they make money They make a lot of money. They are fine people.
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I Like Americans
High above dear Maple Street There looms a cold iron curtain of fear That dares to drop and let all the monsters Unleash their dreaded promise of chaos As in Europe despots gift a new World War Trembling parlors hug the radio Hallows Eve: the radio Begins to sing throughout dear Maple Street The Seventh Trumpet declares all out war And that heavy iron curtain of fear Eclipses the sun and invites chaos In vacant hearts of men into monsters Halloween Night: the monsters Now dance to the tune of the radio Raiding the stores, jumping bridges, chaos Entombing the stretch of this blood strewn street Parlors gorging on endless waves of fear Riding hysteria, imminent war O great catalyst of war Twisting the minds of men into monsters Diving your hands in that great pit of fear Now throbbing with screams from the radio No fences nor faces can save Maple Street Now plunged in the throes of sweet sultry Chaos And we call it Chaos This boiling of minds all stewing with war Once masked with humanity on this street Now reveals good neighbors make great monsters Skies of martians (n)or men, the radio Hissing, twists the knobs and tunes in to fear And when that curtain of fear Draws, and shadeless light casts on the chaos And the broadcast fades on the radio And mere fiction rescinds the throne of war What will we make of all of these monsters Scattered about in a daze through the street Where there are minds of fear and war, Chaos reigns and calls to the sleeping monsters; Tune in to Welles’s radio on Sterling’s street.
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Oct 30, 2018
Oct 30, 2018 at 6:07 PM UTC
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
High above dear Maple Street There looms a cold iron curtain of fear That dares to drop and let all the monsters Unleash their dreaded promise of chaos As in Europe despots gift a new World War Trembling parlors hug the radio Hallows Eve: the radio Begins to sing throughout dear Maple Street The Seventh Trumpet declares all out war And that heavy iron curtain of fear Eclipses the sun and invites chaos In vacant hearts of men into monsters Halloween Night: the monsters Now dance to the tune of the radio Raiding the stores, jumping bridges, chaos Entombing the stretch of this blood strewn street Parlors gorging on endless waves of fear Riding hysteria, imminent war O great catalyst of war Twisting the minds of men into monsters Diving your hands in that great pit of fear Now throbbing with screams from the radio No fences nor faces can save Maple Street Now plunged in the throes of sweet sultry Chaos And we call it Chaos This boiling of minds all stewing with war Once masked with humanity on this street Now reveals good neighbors make great monsters Skies of martians (n)or men, the radio Hissing, twists the knobs and tunes in to fear And when that curtain of fear Draws, and shadeless light casts on the chaos And the broadcast fades on the radio And mere fiction rescinds the throne of war What will we make of all of these monsters Scattered about in a daze through the street Where there are minds of fear and war, Chaos reigns and calls to the sleeping monsters; Tune in to Welles’s radio on Sterling’s street.
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And we’ve all been there, me and my lovers, we’ve all see our fair share of troubles. cause Romance is Chance in the form of a Dance and I’m sorry to say I still move like I did fifteen years ago. Macarena with me and I’ll sweep you off your feet, maybe someday I’ll learn to waltz and blow you away. Until it all comes crashing down.   Because inevitably it all comes crashing down even the Flintstones died millennia ago. My Anna Marie, I’m sorry you left, Europe ringed and you answered, I guess we couldn’t afford long distance (is that even still a thing?) and I couldn’t wait for you, I was too young and too ready to love again. Dear Jenna, Darling, as much fun as you are we move at different speeds, and mine’s stuck in the slow lane. I liked *** on the second date, but I wasn’t ready for the **** three weeks in. God knows I’d never try and change you even he doesn’t have the ***** to try. And God bless you Tiffany, cause it ***** to die, but it ***** even more stuck here saying goodbye. Bachelor Status reaffirmed: **** sites filled to capacity with self-made men of audacity come to satisfy their proclivities “Dear phantom girlfriends, you’re here to gratify Please entertain us in our fantasies and our impossibly similar tendencies. Also, it wouldn’t hurt if it’s all free.”
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Jun 11, 2015
Jun 11, 2015 at 12:40 AM UTC
Drama ****
Dear Poet Friends, Here is a poem by a young Canadian poet named Darien, which I found while browsing the Net! I would like to share this with you as a prelude to my poem about the 'Rise of The Third Reich', - which I hope to post on this Site shortly. Thanks, - Raj Nandy, New Delhi World War II - ADOLF ****** by DARIEN,  Aug 21, 2006 Austria raised a man so vile and vicious His life was dark, callous and malicious Passions of hatred engraved in his mind As he plotted to create his own mankind A soldier for Germany in World War One War to end all wars had only just begun The National Socialist Party appeared fast Their numbers grew rapidly as time passed Charismatic oratory and propaganda his tool False promises made, people he would fool Were Nazis the one to bring hope? Perhaps Without their help Germany would collapse The Reichstag Fire would be a stepping stone Germany's President died, he took the throne He became the fuhrer leader of all Germany And would start the worst war of the century War had been started with a Nazi-Soviet pact Together with Russia, Poland they attacked England and France were not ready for war Marching of Nazis soldiers was not ignored. Mussolini became his ally and supported him For all other countries their chances were slim Many countries were defeated in a few days the Fascist and Nazis would give him praise Blitzkrieg was a strategy that worked most In defeating all his enemies he came close The Nazis would spread all across Europe But it would be at Stalingrad they would stop Communist regimes were one group he did hate Yet it was the Jews he would try to annihilate In all cruelty, bloodshed, war would soon end There was still so much for people to defend On V-Day he saw all his armies demolished ****** and fascism in Europe was abolished World War Two ended the areas were secure From that evil, monstrous beast Adolf ******                                       - By Darien. (Canada)   ..........................................................................
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Sep 22, 2018
Sep 22, 2018 at 11:11 AM UTC
WORLD WAR II - ADOLF ******
Dear Poet Friends, Here is a poem by a young Canadian poet named Darien, which I found while browsing the Net! I would like to share this with you as a prelude to my poem about the 'Rise of The Third Reich', - which I hope to post on this Site shortly. Thanks, - Raj Nandy, New Delhi World War II - ADOLF ****** by DARIEN,  Aug 21, 2006 Austria raised a man so vile and vicious His life was dark, callous and malicious Passions of hatred engraved in his mind As he plotted to create his own mankind A soldier for Germany in World War One War to end all wars had only just begun The National Socialist Party appeared fast Their numbers grew rapidly as time passed Charismatic oratory and propaganda his tool False promises made, people he would fool Were Nazis the one to bring hope? Perhaps Without their help Germany would collapse The Reichstag Fire would be a stepping stone Germany's President died, he took the throne He became the fuhrer leader of all Germany And would start the worst war of the century War had been started with a Nazi-Soviet pact Together with Russia, Poland they attacked England and France were not ready for war Marching of Nazis soldiers was not ignored. Mussolini became his ally and supported him For all other countries their chances were slim Many countries were defeated in a few days the Fascist and Nazis would give him praise Blitzkrieg was a strategy that worked most In defeating all his enemies he came close The Nazis would spread all across Europe But it would be at Stalingrad they would stop Communist regimes were one group he did hate Yet it was the Jews he would try to annihilate In all cruelty, bloodshed, war would soon end There was still so much for people to defend On V-Day he saw all his armies demolished ****** and fascism in Europe was abolished World War Two ended the areas were secure From that evil, monstrous beast Adolf ******                                       - By Darien. (Canada)   ..........................................................................
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Twenty third June twenty sixteen The biggest vote we’d ever seen Results are in and Brexit win and many say it’s such a sin Those who voted not to leave This news they just could not believe Sore losers showed their  bitter anguish soon from Europe we would vanish Let’s vote again remainers say 'No vote again' says Theresa May Our country voted in or out and voted out without a doubt The apple cart tipped on its head Britain in Europe would soon be dead Now Brexit was born the following morn. This beautiful kingdom from Europe be torn Remainers are mad while leavers are glad Great Britain is out there is no doubt So shut up remainers, accept what is done We voted together and Brexit won
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Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018 at 4:08 PM UTC
Lets not exit Brexit
I COULDN'T GO OUTSIDE IN CASE I GOT ZIKA, BUT THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO GET WEAKER, I MET RONALDO, AT A FIFA PARTY AS YOU GO, AND MESSI AND NEYMAR WHO HAD NOWHERE .. .. , THEY SAY THAT INDONESIA IS TO BE ATTACKED BY TERRORISTS, BUT WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF TORNADOES AND EXTREMISTS, NAOMI SOCKED SOMEONE ELSE ON A BA PLANE, AFTER DIVORCE, CHARLTON WON'T BE THE SAME AGAIN, ENGLAND'S VOTING TO STAY WITH EUROPE OR NOT, MOST DON'T GIVE A S.... , THEY'LL SAY THEY FORGOT, TRUMP CONTINUES TO BORE US AND DEPLORE MOST, DON'T LET MONEY BUY OR ENTERTAIN HIS ILLITERATE BOAST; WE'LL GET ON WITH OUR LIVES, DON'T NEED THOSE GUYS, THEY SHOULD REMEMBER THAT SOME THINGS ARE NOT GOVERNED BY THEIR SIZE.
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Feb 26, 2016
Feb 26, 2016 at 8:16 AM UTC
CURRENT TRENDS
Not one corner of a foreign field But a span as wide as Europe; An appearance of a titan's grave, And the length thereof a thousand miles, It crossed all Europe like a mystic road, Or as the Spirits' Pathway lieth on the night. And I heard a voice crying This is the Path of Glory
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An Imperial Elegy